“She said she was running a fundraiser for Kyron,” Green said. “She said most people gave $30 or $40.”

Green said she could only give $10 and gave the woman her address.

No one at the number — in a 503 area code — answered the phone on Tuesday. The number has been given to police to investigate, said Kelly Ramirez, Kyron’s aunt.

The solicitation sickened his family, Ramirez said.

“Just like any other tragic incident, there are people who try to prey on the sympathy of others,” Ramirez said. “It’s disgusting.”

Ramirez posted a message about the scam on a Kyron website
that’s raising money for the civil suit by Desiree Young, Kyron’s
mother, against Terri Moulton Horman, Kyron’s stepmother. Young filed
the suit a year ago, accusing Terri Horman of kidnapping Kyron and
demanding the court to force her to turn him over or reveal where his
body is hidden.

Kyron’s father, Kaine Horman, also has a website for his son, BringKyronHome.
And the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office set up a fund as well to
defray costs, such as searches, associated with the investigation. The
Kyron Horman Fund is at Bank of America branches.

Kyron disappeared from Skyline School on June 4, 2010. He was 7 years old. He’s not been seen or heard from since then.